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by **Bruce Carte** » Wed, 03 Apr 1996 04:00:00

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by **Bruce Carte** » Wed, 03 Apr 1996 04:00:00

SOLARIS 2.4 X86 BASE SERVER DRIVER UPDATE 9+

OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS

The Solaris x86 Base Server Driver Update is the mechanism by which new device
drivers are distributed to our customers.

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*******IMPORTANT***********IMPORTANT**********IMPORTANT**************

NOTE: This re-release of Solaris Base Server DU9 (DU9+) is being made
available to provide early access to an updated driver supporting the
Adaptec AHA-2940U/2940UW. The updated driver will also be included on
the next SBS Driver Update which will be called SBS Driver Update 1.

Please note that SBS DU1 will install with *ONLY* with the forthcoming
Solaris 2.4 x86 Base Server 3/96 CD-ROM.

DU9+ will *only* install with the original Solaris 2.4 x86
Base Server CD-ROM.

Solaris Base Server customers who require device drivers that will
appear on future Driver Updates will be required to use the 3/96 CD-ROM.

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LEGEND: * - New driver in this release; u - updated in this release

Driver Update 9+ includes support for the following devices:

DISKS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

u Enhanced IDE / ATAPI (IDE CD-ROM)

SCSI Host Adapter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* Adaptec AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW (see NOTE 1 below)
Adaptec AIC-6260/6360, AHA-1510A, AHA-1520A, AHA-1522A, AHA-1530P, AHA-1532P
Adaptec AHA-2940/AHA-2940W, AIC-7870/7850
u Adaptec AHA-274x/AHA-284x, AIC-7770
AMD PCscsi, PCscsi II, and PCnet-SCSI
BusLogic BT-440C, BT-445C, BT-445S, BT-542B, BT-545C, BT-545S,
BT-742A, BT-746C, BT-747C, BT-747S, BT-757S, BT-946C
DPT SmartCache III Models PM-2024 and PM-2124
IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter/A
Siemens Nixdorf PCE-5S integrated SCSI (NCR53C710)
Symbios Logic NCR53C815 SCSI
Trantor T348 miniSCSI Plus
Tricord Intelligent SCSI Subsystem Controller

RAID CONTROLLERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Compaq SMART SCSI Array Controller
DPT SmartRAID Models PM-3222 and PM-3224
IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A
IBM SCSI-2 RAID Controller

ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589, 3C589B)
Accton EtherCombo-16
Allied Telesyn AT-1500T, AT-1500AT, AT-1500BT
Alta EtherCombo-16 T/C
AMD PCnet Ethernet controller (ISA, PCI)
* Asante EtherFAST 10/100
Cabletron E2210
CNet CN970EBT
Cogent EM960TP / EM960C (TP connector only)
Compaq Netflex-2 DualPort ENET, NetFlex-2 ENET-TR Controller (Ethernet only)
D-Link DE-510CT
D-Link DE-530CT
Intel EtherExpress 16
Intel EtherExpress 32
Intel EtherExpress PRO
Kingston KNE-2000T+
Kingston KNE-2002+
Kingston KNE-2031+
Kingston KNE2121H
Microdyne NE2000
Mitron LX2100p
Novell/Eagle Technology NE2000
Novell/Eagle Technology NE3200
Olicom EtherCom ISA/II
Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet
Racal Interlan PCI T2-STR
Samsung SEB-3000C
SMC Elite32C Ultra (SMC 82M32)
SMC EtherPower (8432BT/8432BTA)
SMC EtherCard Family
SMC EtherEZ Ethernet Adapter
SVEC FD0455 EtherBoard
SVEC NE2100
Thomas-Conrad TC5043-T
Znyx EtherAction ZX312

FAST ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cogent EM100
Intel EtherExpress PRO/100
SMC Ether 10/100 (SMC 9232)

AUDIO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE32

TAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The "st" tape driver is expected to work with a wide variety of
4mm, 8mm, and QIC tape devices. The following tape devices have been
tested by SunSoft:

ARCHIVE Python 28454 4mm
ARCHIVE 2525 QIC-525
Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm
Exabyte EXB-4200 4mm
HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 1100 QIC
HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 2400 QIC
HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 4000 QIC
HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerDAT 6000 4mm
HP 35470A DDS 4mm
HP 35480A DDS/Data Compression 4mm
HP C1533-00100 DDS2/Data Compression 4mm
HP C1534A DDS Tape Drive 4mm
HP C1536A DDS/Data Compression 4mm
HP C1520F SureStore Tape 2000e 4mm
HP C1525F SureStore Tape 2000i 4mm
HP C1521F SureStore Tape 5000e 4mm
HP C1526F SureStore Tape 5000i 4mm
HP C1551A SureStore Tape 5000eU 4mm
HP C1529F SureStore Tape 6000e 4mm
HP C1528F SureStore Tape 6000i 4mm
HP C1552A SureStore Tape 6000eU 4mm
HP C1520E JetStore 2000e 4mm
HP C1525E JetStore 2000i 4mm
HP JetStore 5000e 4mm
HP C1526E JetStore 5000i 4mm
HP C1529A JetStore 6000e 4mm
HP C1528E JetStore 6000i 4mm
Sony SDT-5000 4mm
Sony SDT-5200 4mm
SUN DAT X822A 4mm
WangDAT 3400DX DDS-2 4mm
Wangtek 9500DC QIC
Wangtek 51000 QIC
Wangtek 9500DC QIC

MP Modules - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

u Intel MP Specification 1.1-compliant systems
Intel Xxpress
Intergraph ISMP6
u Compaq ProLiant (Triflex)
Tricord ES4000

PC CARD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589/3C589B)
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*******IMPORTANT***********WARNING**********IMPORTANT**************

NOTE 1:
Our testing has uncovered a problem in the firmware used with
the AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW, and embedded HBAs that use the
AIC-7880 controller chip (models of the Adaptec HBAs that
use the AIC-7870 chip are not affected). This firmware problem
may occasionally cause the SCSI bus to hang in a state from
which it can not be recovered without doing a hard reset,
potentially corrupting data on your disks. So far this problem
has only occurred on test systems after several hours of very
heavy I/O stress testing using multiple SCSI devices. Because
of the serious nature of this problem, an updated version of
the adp driver will be provided as soon as this problem is fixed.

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The Driver Update 9+ release consists of the following components (shown
with the Solaris Base Server and DOS format files names):

Device Driver Set:

- DU9+ SOLARIS BASE SERVER Boot Diskette
du901bt.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image
du901bt.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image

- DU9+ Distribution-1 Diskette (patch format diskette 1 of 2)
du901d1.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image
du901d1.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image

- DU9+ Distribution-2 Diskette (patch format diskette 2 of 2)
du901d2.bin -- 3.5" uncompressed dd image
du901d2.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image

PCMCIA Set:
(No additional changes since original DU9 posting)
- DU9 (PCMCIA Diskette (patch format diskette)
du901p.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image
du901p.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image

Documentation Set:

- Solaris Base Server 2.4 x86 Driver Update 9 Guide
(No additional changes since original DU9 posting)
du9bps.Z -- compressed postscript format
du9bps.zip -- zipped postscript format
du9btxt.Z -- compressed ASCII text format
du9btxt.zip -- zipped ASCII text format

Some of these diskettes may not be required for your particular installation.
Please refer to the Solaris 2.4 Base Server Driver Update 9 Guide for instructions. The uncompressed (*.Z) and the unzipped (*.zip)=
files produce identical diskette image files. For each diskette image you only need to download ONE of these two file formats.

Driver Update 9+ is available electronically only via the
Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), CompuServe, and
the Sun's internal ftp server (newstop.ebay).

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DOWNLOADING FILES FROM THE WORLD-WIDE WEB

To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page:

1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html
click on "Solaris Base Server Driver Update 9+." You will be presented with
a list of all diskette images and documents available to download.

2) Download the desired files by selecting the filename and then specifying
a local filename when prompted.

An alternative WWW site for Driver Update 9+ is SunSITE USA, at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers

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DOWNLOADING FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP (from ftp.uu.net)

To obtain the files using ftp:

1) Use ftp to connect to ftp.uu.net:

'ftp ftp.uu.net'

2) At the login prompt, use 'anonymous'.

3) For the password, use your complete email address.

4) At the ftp prompt, set file type to "binary"

ftp> binary [RETURN]

5) cd /vendor/sun/solaris/x86/2.4

6) 'get' the desired files

ftp> get <filename> [RETURN]

7) Quit the FTP session:

ftp> quit [RETURN]

Alternative anonymous ftp sites for Driver Updates are:

SunSITE USA (sunsite.unc.edu) in the directory
/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/

Sun's internal anonymous ftp server (newstop.ebay) in the directory
/sun/Solaris/x86drivers/

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DOWNLOADING FILES FROM COMPUSERVE

To obtain files from CompuServe, establish a CompuServe session and at
the prompt type "go sunsoft". Proceed to the Solaris x86 Library ("lib
9"). You can then download the "zip" archives which contain the diskette
image files you need.

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CREATING DISKETTES FROM DOWNLOADED FILES

Files with .zip or .Z extensions must first be ...

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by **Bruce Carte** » Fri, 05 Apr 1996 04:00:00